![]() Over the next few months the Earp brothers struggled to retain hold control over Tombstone. However, after a 30 day trial Judge Wells Spicer, who was related to the Earps, decided that the defendants had been justified in their actions. Sheriff John Behan arrested Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday for the murder of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury. Wyatt Earp was unscathed and he managed to finish off Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury. Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury, although seriously wounded, continued to fire their guns and in the next couple of seconds Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday were all wounded. Clanton was successful but Doc Holliday shot McLaury in the back. Ike Clanton and Tom McLaury were both unarmed and tried to run away. The bullet hit him in the stomach and he fell to the ground. ![]() Meanwhile Wyatt Earp fired at Frank McLaury. He missed and Morgan Earp successfully fired two bullets at Billy Clanton and he fell back against a wall. Billy Clanton responded by firing at Wyatt Earp. When they reached the four men, Virgil Earp said: "I want your guns". ![]() He pleaded for Virgil Earp not to get involved in a shoot-out but he was brushed aside as the four men carried on walking towards the OK Corral. They replied: "Not unless you first disarm the Earps".īehan now headed towards the advancing group of men. Sheriff John Behan was in town and when he heard what was happening he raced to Fremont Street and urged Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury to hand over their guns to him. Virgil Earp now decided to disarm Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury and recruited Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday to help him in this dangerous task. The men gathered at a place called the OK Corral in Fremont Street. After they were disarmed and released, the two men joined Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury, who had just arrived in town. The following day Ike Clanton and Tom McLaury were arrested by Virgil Earp and charged with carrying firearms within the city limits. Holliday wanted a gunfight with Clanton, but he declined the offer and walked off. Later that day Doc Holliday got into a fight with Ike Clanton in the Alhambra Saloon. On 25th October, Ike Clanton and Tom McLaury arrived in Tombstone. ![]() In September 1881, Virgil Earp retaliated by arresting one of Behan's deputies, Frank Stilwell, for holding up a stagecoach. Holliday protested his innocence and he was eventually released. The two men also clashed over the decision by Behan to arrest Doc Holliday on suspicion of killing a stagecoach driver during an attempted hold-up outside of town. Earp also wanted Behan's job and planned to run against him in the next election. She had lived with Behan before becoming Earp's third wife. At first this started as a quarrel over a woman, Josephine Sarah Marcus. Wyatt Earp also came into conflict with John Behan, the sheriff of Cochise County. Wyatt Earp was also convinced that the Clanton brothers had taken one of his prize horses. Virgil Earp believed that some of these animals had been stolen from farmers in Mexico. Ike Clanton, Phineas Clanton, Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury sold livestock to Tombstone. The following year the Earp family came into conflict with two families, the Clantons and the McLaurys. Soon afterwards he recruited Wyatt Earp and Morgan Earp as "special deputy policemen". In October 1880, Virgil Earp became city marshal of Tombstone.
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